Malawi: Minister Ben Phiri Leads Mourners At Emotional Funeral of Dethroned Former Paramount Chief
Steady2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 2 days
Fri, 2 October 2026Tue, 6 October 2026
What it is about
Minister Ben PhiriMtima Walter GondweNyasa TimesMalawiBoleroJustice Thomson LigoweMtima GondweWalter John Hardy GondweLazarus ChakweraBen PhiriMichael Goba ChipetaThomas ChingwenembeMathemba ChikulamayembeJoseph Bongololo GondweMinistry Of Local GovernmentRural DevelopmentGroup Village Head ChikazingaHigh CourtMlowoka, Lindi, TanzaniaMzuzu, Malawi (General), Malawi
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
AllAfrica
mwnation.com
2 Oct, 05:57over 4 days6 Oct, 07:53
How it spread - 2 original reports
Fri, 2 October 2026
1 report- AllAfrica05:57first to report
[Nyasa Times] Mourners gathered in Bolero on Thursday to pay their final respects to former acting Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe, Mtima Walter Gondwe, in an emotional ceremony attended by senior government figures -- just years after his extraordinary fall from grace saw him stripped of his chieftaincy by court order.
Tue, 6 October 2026
1 report- mwnation.com07:53
Government has courted controversy for silently removing Bongololo Gondwe as Paramount Chief of the Tumbuka and replacing him with Mtima Gondwe, who was once removed from the throne through the courts in 2021. The matter came to light during the burial of Mtima Gondwe last week, when a statement from the Ministry of Local Government …